MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. security software maker Symantec has confirmed a hacker tried to extort $50,000 after stealing source code to several of its software titles.
BRASILIA, Brazil, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Brazil has sued to suspend accounts of Twitter users who use tweets to warn people about radar locations, speed traps and DUI checkpoints, officials say.
MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Photos deleted by users of Facebook have lingered on the social network's servers for nearly three years, an investigation by a U.S. tech Web site found.
GUILDFORD, England, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- British scientists say they are beginning research into whether birdsong can have a positive effect on human well-being and behavior.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Google says it is releasing its Chrome Web browser for Android smartphones and tablets, three years after the popular desktop version debuted.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- BTJunkie says it has shut down voluntarily, becoming the latest file-sharing Web site to take action following the demise of MegaUpload.
LONDON, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Technological advances in neuroscience could allow future soldiers to control weapons systems simply by using their minds, British researchers say.
WALLINGFORD, England, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A decline in ladybugs native to Britain is being driven by an invasive species of the family of colorful little beetles, scientists say.
LONDON, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- An Austrian daredevil says he will attempt the highest skydive in history that will see him exceed the speed of sound during his descent.
GREENBELT, Md., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- NASA says it received more than 6,300 applications for a position in the space agency's next class of astronauts, twice as many as it typically receives.
YORK, England, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A new way of magnetic recording using heat will allow data processing hundreds of times faster than by current hard drive technology, British researchers say.
LEIPZIG, Germany, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- German researchers say they have completed the genome sequence of a Denisovan, a representative of an Asian group of extinct humans related to Neanderthals.
RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say a new technique in computer chip design can increase overall computer processor performance by an average of more than 20 percent.
DURHAM, N.H., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Americans' knowledge of the world's polar regions has increased since 2006 but has not translated into more concern about polar environments, a study has found.
JAKARTA, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Wildlife scientists say they are carefully monitoring the pregnancy of a Sumatran Rhino, one of the world's most endangered species, at an Indonesian sanctuary.
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